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Rio approves $2.5bn expansion

Mining heavyweight Rio Tinto is set to pour $2.5 billion into the expansion of its Rincon lithium project in Argentina as it builds on its battery...

13.12.2024 5

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Isabel Vieira

Barren Nicheliving entity wound up

An assetless Nicheliving entity will be wound up by liquidators after directors Ronnie Michel-Elhaj and Paul Bitdorf moved to reclaim the other...

13.12.2024 7

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Isabel Vieira

Nicheliving entities back in directors’ hands

Premier Roger Cook has insisted under-fire Nicheliving still can’t lay a brick after the directors cleared a vote to regain control of the...

12.12.2024 7

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Isabel Vieira

Rex sued over alleged governance failures

The corporate regulator is suing listed airline Regional Express over “serious governance failures” linked to misleading profitability claims...

11.12.2024 3

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Isabel Vieira

Perth Glory tax debt revealed

The tax office is chasing Perth Glory for a debt of close to $1 million amid a push to wind up the A-League football club and appoint liquidators.

11.12.2024 3

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Isabel Vieira

EPA backs Agrimin’s potash play

The state’s environmental watchdog has waved through Agrimin’s Mackay potash project after five years in the approvals process.

10.12.2024 3

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Isabel Vieira

AVZ denies bribery allegations

Besieged lithium explorer AVZ Minerals has denied it has engaged in bribery days after its office was raided amid an ongoing investigation by the...

10.12.2024 3

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Isabel Vieira

ATO takes aim at Perth Glory

The Australian tax office has brought legal action against Perth Glory in a bid to wind up the company less than a year after its new owners took...

10.12.2024 4

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Isabel Vieira

CEFC tips $117m into RCF

A mining-focused private equity fund co-founded by James McClements has received a $117 million loan through the federal government’s renewable...

09.12.2024 20

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Isabel Vieira

Minderoo seeds $100m in female fund

Nicola Forrest has driven a $100 million investment into a female-focused philanthropic fund, through her family's Minderoo Foundation.

04.12.2024 4

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Isabel Vieira

At Close of Business podcast December 2 2024

Liv Declerck and Isabel Vieira discuss the largest project in the Noongar Place Names initiative.

02.12.2024 4

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Isabel Vieira

Payroll tax impacting growth, lobby group says

The Business Council of Australia has found WA has one of the least effective payroll tax systems nationally, as it joins the chorus of lobby...

29.11.2024 3

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Isabel Vieira

Hastings furthers Saudi Arabia talks

Hastings Technology Metals has inked an early-stage deal to assess potentially building a rare earths downstream plant in Saudi Arabia, while...

28.11.2024 2

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Isabel Vieira

BGC, lithium miners ink cement deal

BGC has started construction on tens of millions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure in a bid to start producing “green cement” after inking a...

28.11.2024 4

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Isabel Vieira

Liontown chief toasts lithium support

Liontown Resources' boss Tony Ottaviano says the state government’s lithium support package is a "broader menu to select from" but his first...

27.11.2024 1

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Isabel Vieira

Hofmann fined over workplace death

Bassendean-based private business Hofmann Engineering has been fined $567,000 over the death of an employee at its fabrication workshop in 2019.

26.11.2024 20

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Isabel Vieira

Santos sued over oil spill

WA’s energy regulator has commenced legal proceedings against industry heavyweight Santos over the petroleum spill at its Varanus Island gas plant...

25.11.2024 5

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Isabel Vieira

Ellison resigns as Delta chairman

Under-fire mining billionaire Chris Ellison has resigned as chairman of Delta Lithium effective immediately to direct his focus to embattled...

25.11.2024 2

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Isabel Vieira

Production tax credit bill to be introduced

Production tax credit legislation for value-adding critical minerals and green hydrogen producers is set to be introduced in a bid to spur...

25.11.2024 3

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Isabel Vieira

Bidders circle Nicheliving assets

Suitors have entered the data room for more than a dozen property developments of embattled builder Nicheliving, as administrators look to sell-off...

22.11.2024 3

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Isabel Vieira

Contractor fined over tyre explosion injury

Perth contractor K19 Mining has been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars after a worker was injured during a road-train tyre explosion near the...

22.11.2024 2

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Isabel Vieira

MinRes AGM polarises shareholders

The self-enriching actions and disclosure omissions of billionaire mining boss Chris Ellison have divided shareholders, leading to a protest vote...

21.11.2024 9

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Isabel Vieira

MinRes defends Bullsbrook property deal

Mineral Resources insists its stake in a Bullsbrook industrial park was not a related party transaction, while Chris Ellison has agreed to sell...

21.11.2024 20

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Isabel Vieira

Ellison sombre in ‘dark clouds’ MinRes address

Besieged mining boss Chris Ellison says his offshore tax evasion affairs and corporate governance failures have been a “dark cloud" in his life.

21.11.2024 20

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Poseidon chair on nickel woes

Poseidon Nickel chair Peter Harold has reflected on the torrid time for local nickel producers and the axed Mineral Resources deal that ultimately...

20.11.2024 3

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Isabel Vieira

At Close of Business podcast November 18 2024

Nadia Budihardjo and Isabel Vieira discuss retail trading hours. Plus CME backs payroll tax reforms; Elders makes $475m bid for Delta; and...

18.11.2024 3

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Isabel Vieira

Retail trade predicament polarises Perth

Stakeholders remain split over any changes to the hours big retailers can open for business.

18.11.2024 20

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Isabel Vieira

Waste-to-energy plant owes $740m

Creditor claims of more than $740 million have piled up against the taxpayer-backed East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant, including from Acciona...

15.11.2024 10

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Isabel Vieira

BHP nickel boss in new role

The head of BHP’s mothballed Nickel West division Jess Farrell has notched a new role as vice president innovation within the miner’s technical...

15.11.2024 1

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Isabel Vieira

Ian Dorrington fondly remembered

Prominent businessman Ian Dorrington has been remembered as a highly respected member of the Perth broking community following his sudden death.

14.11.2024 10

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Isabel Vieira

Wyloo raises solvency concerns over Hastings

Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s private investment vehicle Wyloo has sounded the alarm over Hastings Technology Metals’ solvency and ability to repay...

14.11.2024 10

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Isabel Vieira

Hancock ups stake in rare earths producer

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has grown its stake in Las Vegas-headquartered producer MP Materials, building on the mining magnate’s rare...

14.11.2024 2

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Isabel Vieira

Nicheliving directors front contingency cash

Nicheliving directors have fronted a $200,000 indemnity to cover operating costs and ensure the administrators get paid in the "likely" event the...

13.11.2024 3

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Isabel Vieira

State govt to lure east coast workers

A $10,000 incentive to attract eastern states construction workers to Western Australia has been described as a shot in the arm for the industry...

13.11.2024 3

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Isabel Vieira

MinRes mothballs Bald Hill lithium mine

Chris Ellison-led Mineral Resources has announced its Bald Hill lithium mine in the Goldfields will be placed on care and maintenance by the end of...

13.11.2024 10

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Isabel Vieira

MinRes reticent to ASX questions

Mineral Resources’ board says its historical management of related party deals was “not as robust” as it could have been in the fallout of...

12.11.2024 4

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Isabel Vieira

Perron to sell Vasse Estate stake

Perron Group is selling out of the expansive Vasse Estate, a master-planned community on the outskirts of Busselton, with its stake tipped to be...

12.11.2024 2

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Isabel Vieira

Perron to sell its Vasse Estate stake

Perron Group is selling out of the expansive Vasse Estate, a master-planned community south of Busselton, with its stake tipped to be worth tens of...

12.11.2024 2

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Isabel Vieira

Rex gains $80m lifeline, airfares soar

The federal government has stumped up an $80 million lifeline for troubled regional airline Rex, as the competition watchdog warns of soaring...

12.11.2024 2

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Isabel Vieira

Major property deal clears another hurdle

Lendlease’s almost $1.3 billion sale of a dozen master-planned projects, including two in Perth, has cleared the Foreign Investment Review Board.

11.11.2024 9

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Isabel Vieira

Liontown trims production, cuts costs

Newly minted lithium miner Liontown Resources is paring back production and focusing on tapping higher margin ore in a bid to realise about $100...

11.11.2024 4

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Isabel Vieira

Global Lithium raises foreign control concerns

Critical minerals project developer Global Lithium Resources is seeking to delay its annual general meeting citing foreign control concerns, amid...

08.11.2024 4

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Isabel Vieira

Regis to challenge McPhillamys decision

Regis Resources is seeking a judicial review of Tanya Plibersek’s contentious ruling against a tailings dam at its McPhillamys asset, reiterating...

07.11.2024 5

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Isabel Vieira

Nicheliving building arm in administration

KordaMentha administrators have taken control of the construction entities behind Nicheliving, less than a month after the company agreed to...

07.11.2024 2

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Isabel Vieira

Nicheliving entity in administration

Kordamentha administrators have taken control of the construction entities behind Nicheliving, less than a month after it agreed to shutter its...

07.11.2024 3

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Isabel Vieira

At Close of Business podcast November 6 2024

Liv Declerck and Isabel Vieira discuss the future of WA's waste-to-energy sector.

06.11.2024 4

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Isabel Vieira

Strike's power plant progresses

Strike Energy’s plan to build an 85-megawatt peaking gas power plant has inched forward, with the multi-million-dollar proposal set to go before...

06.11.2024 4

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Isabel Vieira

Stocks rise on US election day

US stocks closed higher overnight in a broad rally after data signalled a solid economy.

06.11.2024 4

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Isabel Vieira

Waste-to-energy sector ready to fire

Plant owners are calling on the state government to further increase the waste levy to discourage landfill disposal and feed their facilities.

06.11.2024 550

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Isabel Vieira

Ellison to depart MinRes

Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison is set to depart the iron ore and lithium miner within 18 months and pay millions of dollars in financial...

04.11.2024 6

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Isabel Vieira